Unconventional gas reservoirs: coal, shale, tight rock

Our research on unconventional gas reservoirs covers a broad range of topics with a focus on characterisation and modelling of the reservoir processes that determine gas production.

• Unconventional reservoir characterisation
  • Characterisation of permeability behaviour during production in response to gas desorption and pore pressure changes (permeability-stress relationship), including measurement of permeability anisotropy
  • Single and multi-component adsorption measurements at reservoir conditions (high pressure, high temperature) for gas in place estimates and production forecasting
  • Characterisation and modelling of gas diffusion
• Gas production modelling, including
  • Co-production from multiple reservoir types
  • History matching of field production as well as laboratory experiments
  • Probabilistic gas production studies utilising Monte Carlo simulation
• Coupled flow and geomechanical processes in coal reservoirs
• Formation damage in coal and shale reservoirs
• Groundwater flow in response to gas production
• Techno-economic assessments of primary and enhanced gas production